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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "HSBC Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <office2022@citromail.hu>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:14:47 +0200
Subject: IMPORTANT MESSAGE PLEASE READ BELOW

HSBC Bank
235 Canal St, New York, NY 10013
Hours: Closes 5PM

IMPORTANT MESSAGE PLEASE READ BELOW.

Fund Release Update To

I am Gerard Mattia, Senior Exec VP/CFO in HSBC Bank, 235 Canal St, New York, NY 10013, USA, This is to bring to your notice that The U.S Government Called for A Meeting with the British Colony Government and also African Development Organization concerning Covid19 Pandemic, after the meeting the African Development Organization/British Colony Government and United Nation Organization, agreed to pay each and everyone he or her E-mail Address appeared in the Database review list as a compensation with the sum of $5,Million United State Dollar.
And your e-mail and 4 other people were the first selected to receive the sum of $5,000,000,00 each, We are using this time to inform you about this development.

Once Again! We are using this opportunity to inform you that If you are receiving this message is because your email address is among 4 other people's emails selected for compensation by the U.S Government, After Covid19 pandemic, the US. British Colony Government and also African Development Organization
So if you receive this message we advise you to consider yourself lucky.
However, we want to let you know that after the U.S President reported this matter to the Organization/British Colony Government. They approved the above sum of Five million United States dollars ($5, 000.000.00) as compensation on everyone there E-mail appeared in the DATABASE and the fund was transferred to the HSBC-BANK. Therefore, be advised that you should stop further contacts with all the fake lawyers and security companies etc who in collaboration scammed you.

Finally, re-furnish us with the following details to avoid any mistake or paying to wrong hands, This is your awarded fund release code (CNP192022) make sure you include it when responding to this message.

Your Full Name:

Home address:

Country:

Sex:

Occupation

Mobile number:

Age:

Regards
Gerard Mattia,Senior Exec VP/CFO
(Signed Bank Management HSBCBANK)

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